Miami Courant

Miami-Dade County School District had a decrease in student enrollment during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education. Overall, there was a total of 503 students enrolled in the district in the academic year.

Data reveals that the majority of students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year were Hispanic, representing 95% of the Miami-Dade County School District total enrollment.

Additionally, the largest portion of students in the district are enrolled in elementary school grades, making up 42.1% of the total enrollment.

Miami-Dade County School District covers 470 schools within Miami-Dade County, with its main office in Miami.

Among the 470 schools in Miami-Dade County School District, John A. Ferguson Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of 4,389 students in the 2023-24 school year.

Meanwhile, Florida continues to face a teacher shortage in the 2023-24 school year. Despite some improvements, the state reported nearly 4,800 instructional vacancies at the beginning of the year. According to the Florida Department of Education, core subjects such as English, reading, and math among the areas with the highest demand for teachers.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranked 50th in the U.S. for teacher pay in the 2022-23 school year, with salaries lower than they were a decade ago when adjusted for inflation.

Governor DeSantis's budget for the 2024-25 school year allocates nearly $38 billion for education, with $1.25 billion dedicated to teachers' salaries and other instructional personnel.

School	Total Enrollment
John A. Ferguson Senior High School	4,389
Coral Reef Senior High School	3,296
South Dade Senior High School	3,254
Barbara Goleman Senior High School	3,071
Hialeah Gardens Senior High School	3,046
Miami Senior High School	3,018
Coral Gables Senior High School	2,884
Miami Palmetto Senior High School	2,672
Southwest Miami Senior High School	2,523
G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School	2,296
Homestead Senior High School	2,247
Miami Southridge Senior High School	2,235
Miami Coral Park Senior High School	2,191
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School	2,181
Miami Beach Senior High School	2,168
Aventura Waterways K-8 Center	2,158
Doral Academy Charter High School	2,067
Felix Varela Senior High School	2,006
Keys Gate Charter School	1,979
Somerset Academy Silver Palms	1,928
Miami Arts Studio 6-12 at Zelda Glazer	1,841
Robert Morgan Educational Center	1,786
Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8	1,736
North Miami Senior High School	1,722
Hialeah Senior High School	1,721
Mater Academy Charter High School	1,650
American Senior High School	1,627
Terra Environmental Research Institute	1,614
Hialeah Gardens Middle School	1,612
Miami Norland Senior High School	1,608
South Miami Senior High School	1,576
Mast Academy	1,548
Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High School	1,536
Mater Academy	1,517
Downtown Doral Charter Upper School	1,476
Bob Graham Education Center	1,465
Miami Northwestern Senior High School	1,429
Doral Academy Charter Middle School	1,414
Miami Central Senior High School	1,404
True North Classical Academy	1,360
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School	1,353
Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning Center	1,315
Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School	1,313
Miami Jackson Senior High School	1,290
David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center	1,276
William H. Turner Technical Arts High School	1,252
Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center	1,241
South Dade Middle School	1,241
Shenandoah Middle School	1,239
Kipp Miami-Liberty City	1,234
Mater Grove Academy	1,229
Miami Lakes K-8 Center	1,223
Palm Springs North Elementary School	1,204
Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School	1,200
Mater Academy Lakes High School	1,199
Mater Academy Charter Middle School	1,195
Sunset Elementary School	1,189
Winston Park K-8 Center	1,182
J. C. Bermudez Doral Senior High School	1,153
Spanish Lake Elementary School	1,152
Academir Charter School Preparatory	1,148
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy	1,137
Pinecrest Glades Preparatory Academy Middle High School	1,135
Bridgeprep Academy of Miami Dade	1,125
Glades Middle School	1,123
Westland Hialeah Senior High School	1,106
Air Base K-8 Center for International Education	1,102
Doral Academy	1,091
West Hialeah Gardens Elementary School	1,089
Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School	1,085
Southwood Middle School	1,084
North Miami Beach Senior High School	1,076
Marcus A. Milam K-8 Center	1,075
Coral Way K-8 Center	1,071
Miami Lakes Educational Center	1,071
Miami Springs Senior High School	1,067
Miami Sunset Senior High School	1,065
Booker T. Washington Senior High School	1,036
Aventura City of Excellence School	1,032
Madie Ives K-8 Preparatory Academy	1,019
Imater Preparatory Academy High School	1,019
Norma Butler Bossard Elementary School	1,018
Hialeah Gardens Elementary School	1,008
Herbert A. Ammons Middle School	1,008
Leisure City K-8 Center	1,005
Sports Leadership Arts Management Charter High School	999
Everglades K-8 Center	986
Eugenia B. Thomas K-8 Center	986
Hialeah Middle School	978
Somerset Academy Charter High School	977
City of Hialeah Educational Academy	975
Cutler Bay Middle School	973
George Washington Carver Middle School	970
Miami Lakes Middle School	969
Kensington Park Elementary School	966
Arvida Middle School	966
Mater Academy Bay Elementary	966
Pinecrest Glades Academy	957
The Charter School at Waterstone	946
Rockway Middle School	943
Ben Sheppard Elementary School	939
Southside Preparatory Academy	937
Redland Elementary School	936
Pinecrest Cove Academy	934
North Beach Elementary School	928
Jose Marti Mast 6-12 Academy	926
South Hialeah Elementary School	901
Ernest R. Graham K-8 Academy	899
Renaissance Elementary Charter School	893
Devon Aire K-8 Center	891
Howard D. McMillan Middle School	890
Bridgeprep Academy of Village Green	888
Ojus Elementary School	880
Mater Academy Lakes Middle School	880
Key Biscayne K-8 Center	878
Miami Killian Senior High School	870
John I. Smith K-8 Center	866
Miami Beach Nautilus Middle School	863
Campbell Drive K-8 Center	858
Highland Oaks Middle School	840
Ethel Koger Beckham K-8 Center	830
Coral Gables Preparatory Academy	828
West Homestead K-8 Center	826
Citrus Grove Elementary School	825
I. Preparatory Academy	824
Bowman Ashe/Doolin K-8 Academy	822
Shenandoah Elementary School	821
Jack David Gordon Elementary School	816
Miami Carol City Senior High School	807
Henrye. S. Reeves K-8 Center	807
Lamar Louise Curry Middle School	803
Mater Gardens Academy	802
North Miami Middle School	797
Miami Beach Feinberg/Fisher K-8	794
Palm Springs Middle School	794
Imater Academy Middle School	783
Kenwood K-8 Center	782
Kinloch Park Middle School	770
Youth CO-OP Charter School	770
Ada Merritt K-8 Center	770
Auburndale Elementary School	764
Henry M. Flagler Elementary School	761
Jose De Diego Middle School	757
Pinecrest North Preparatory (Fontainebleau Campus)	756
Ponce De Leon Middle School	755
Calusa Elementary School	754
Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy	747
Meadowlane Elementary School	742
Irving & Beatrice Peskoe K-8 Center	738
Caribbean K-8 Center	734
Hubert O. Sibley K-8 Academy	732
Keys Gate Charter High School	731
Pinecrest Academy (South Campus)	728
Palmetto Middle School	727
Royal Palm Elementary School	726
Academir Charter School West	725
Henry H. Filer Middle School	723
Shadowlawn Elementary School	716
Coral Reef Elementary School	711
Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary School	696
Kendale Lakes Elementary School	692
Redland Middle School	692
South Miami Middle School	691
Mater Academy Bay Biscayne North Miami Elementary School	691
Hialeah Elementary School	688
Vineland K-8 Center	686
Doral International Academy of Math and Science	684
Flamingo Elementary School	683
Miami Heights Elementary School	681
Miami-Dade Virtual High School Franchise	668
Dr. Toni Bilbao Preparatory Academy	666
Bridgeprep Academy of North Miami Beach	666
John F. Kennedy Middle School	665
Miami Springs Middle School	664
Frank Crawford Martin K-8 Center	662
Riverside Elementary School	652
Linda Lentin K-8 Center	652
Somerset Academy	652
West Miami Middle School	651
Archimedean Academy	643
E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary School	642
Norland Middle School	642
Maya Angelou Elementary School	642
Avocado Elementary School	636
Palmetto Elementary School	636
Dr. Rolando Espinosa K-8 Center	636
Miami Edison Senior High School	631
Imater Academy	629
Virginia A. Boone-Highland Oaks School	626
Somerset Oaks Academy	625
W. J. Bryan Elementary School	624
Jane S. Roberts K-8 Center	622
Tropical Elementary School	619
Gulfstream Elementary School	618
Oliver Hoover Elementary School	617
Mae M. Walters Elementary School	613
Homestead Middle School	611
Charles R. Hadley Elementary School	611
Pinecrest Elementary School	610
Florida City Elementary School	600
Carrie P. Meek/Westview K-8 Center	591
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary School	591
Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores	590
Comstock Elementary School	585
Dr. Gilbert L. Porter Elementary School	585
Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary School	585
Somerset Academy Silver Palms at Princeton	584
Country Club Middle School	578
Miami Shores Elementary School	576
Cutler Bay Senior High School	576
North Twin Lakes Elementary School	573
Dr. Manuel C. Barreiro Elementary School	573
Somerset Academy Charter Elementary School (South Homestead)	571
Palm Springs Elementary School	570
Lawton Chiles Middle School	570
W. R. Thomas Middle School	567
Kendall Square K-8 Center	567
Santa Clara Elementary School	562
George W. Carver Elementary School	561
North Park High School	559
Palm Lakes Elementary School	558
Arcola Lake Elementary School	556
Green Springs High School	551
Mater Academy East Charter School	550
South Miami K-8 Center	549
Sylvania Heights Elementary School	547
Miami Community Charter School	545
West Lakes Preparatory Academy	545
William H. Lehman Elementary School	544
Kinloch Park Elementary School	543
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	543
Benjamin Franklin K-8 Center	540
Greynolds Park Elementary School	540
Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School	539
Biscayne Beach Elementary School	538
Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary School	538
Leewood K-8 Center	538
Fairlawn Elementary School	537
Norland Elementary School	536
Dr. Henry E. Perrine Academy of the Arts	535
Everglades Preparatory Academy High School	535
Redondo Elementary School	531
Ruben Dario Middle School	529
Paul W. Bell Middle School	529
Coconut Grove Elementary School	526
Kendall Greens High School	525
Wesley Matthews Elementary School	522
John G. Dupuis Elementary School	521
Pinecrest Preparatory Academy	518
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School	517
Arthur and Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts	515
Somerset Academy Charter High School (South Homestead)	513
Coral Reef Montessori Academy Charter School	510
Broadmoor Elementary School	508
Oak Grove Elementary School	508
Melrose Elementary School	507
Gertrude K. Edelman/Sabal Palm	506
Christina M. Eve Elementary School	506
Academir Charter School East at Doral	503
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School (South Homestead)	498
Hammocks Middle School	495
Laura C. Saunders Elementary School	494
Coral Park Elementary School	492
Seminole Elementary School	492
Design & Architecture Senior High School	492
Pinecrest Academy Charter Middle School	490
Mater Academy Bay Middle School	487
Whispering Pines Elementary School	485
Acceleration Academies-Central Miami	481
David Fairchild Elementary School	478
Riviera Middle School	478
Madison Middle School	477
Coral Terrace Elementary School	475
Georgia Jones Ayers Middle School	473
Zora Neale Hurston Elementary School	472
South Miami Heights Elementary School	471
Sweetwater Elementary School	471
Goulds Elementary School	470
Fulford Elementary School	469
Somerset Gables Academy	469
Mast@fiu	469
Lake Stevens Middle School	467
New World School of the Arts	465
Miami Beach South Pointe Elementary School	460
Norwood Elementary School	459
Charles R. Drew K-8 Center	458
Archcreek Elementary School	458
Amelia Earhart Elementary School	456
Brucie Ball Educational Center	454
Bridgeprep Academy South	451
Scott Lake Elementary School	450
Brownsville Middle School	450
James H. Bright Elementary/J.W. Johnson Elementary School	448
Phyllis R. Miller Elementary School	446
Mater Academy of International Studies	446
Summerville Advantage Academy	443
Somerset Academy Bay	442
North Hialeah Elementary School	441
Bent Tree Elementary School	441
Renaissance Middle Charter School	441
Andover Middle School	439
Edison Park K-8 Center	435
North Gardens High School	432
Somerset Preparatory Academy Sunset	432
Bridgeprep Academy of Greater Miami	430
North Miami Elementary School	428
Claude Pepper Elementary School	428
Academir Charter School of Math and Science	428
Pinecrest Academy (North Campus)	425
Joe Hall Elementary School	423
Downtown Miami Charter School	423
Banyan Elementary School	420
Gratigny Elementary School	418
Somerset Arts Academy	413
Richmond Heights Middle School	412
Treasure Island Elementary School	410
Cutler Ridge Elementary School	404
Sunset Park Elementary School	404
Morningside K-8 Academy	403
Royal Green Elementary School	403
Horace Mann Middle School	403
Dante B. Fascell Elementary School	401
Cypress K-8 Center	399
North Dade Middle School	395
Brentwood Elementary School	393
Everglades Preparatory Academy	393
Holmes Elementary School	390
Miami Springs Elementary School	390
Silver Bluff Elementary School	387
Academir Preparatory Academy	386
Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy	384
Dr. Henry W. Mack/West Little River K-8 Center	378
Carol City Middle School	378
International Studies Preparatory Academy	376
PreK Intervention	375
Hibiscus Elementary School	369
Flagami Elementary School	367
Earlington Heights Elementary School	364
Natural Bridge Elementary School	362
Chambers High School	361
Rockway Elementary School	360
International Studies Charter High School	360
Mater Academy Bay High School	360
Ben Gamla Charter School	358
Henry S. West Laboratory School	357
Mater Preparatory Academy	357
Pine Lake Elementary School	356
Gloria Floyd Elementary School	354
Lakeview Elementary School	354
Blue Lakes Elementary School	351
Snapper Creek Elementary School	350
C. G. Bethel High School	350
Andrea Castillo Preparatory Academy	349
Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead	345
Kendale Elementary School	343
Nathan B. Young Elementary School	343
Howard Drive Elementary School	336
Bel-Aire Elementary School	330
Van E. Blanton Elementary School	330
Paul Laurence Dunbar K-8 Center	330
Archimedean Middle Conservatory	329
Lenora Braynon Smith Elementary School	328
Toussaint L'Ouverture Elementary School	327
Archimedean Upper Conservatory	324
Biotech@richmond Heights 9-12 High School	324
Olympia Heights Elementary School	322
Orchard Villa Elementary School	319
International Studies Charter Middle School	317
Greenglade Elementary School	316
Miami Community Charter Middle School	316
Mater Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy	315
Somerset Palms Academy	315
Springview Elementary School	313
Young Womens Preparatory Academy	313
Eneida M. Hartner Elementary School	311
Miami Children's Museum Charter School	310
North County K-8 Center	309
Liberty City Elementary School	308
Stellar Leadership Academy	308
Excelsior Prep Charter School of Hialeah	302
Carol City Elementary School	301
Agenoria S. Paschal/Olinda Elementary School	300
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High School	299
Lillie C. Evans K-8 Center	294
Dr. Frederica S. Wilson/Skyway Elementary School	293
Academir Charter School Middle	292
Kelsey L. Pharr Elementary School	285
Twin Lakes Elementary School	284
Emerson Elementary School	283
South Florida Autism Charter School Inc.	281
Just Arts and Management Charter Middle School	281
Doral Academy of Technology	280
Dr. Robert B. Ingram Elementary School	273
School for Advanced Studies - South	273
Ludlam Elementary School	271
Alpha Charter of Excellence	270
Integrated Science and Asian Culture (Isaac) Academy	269
Miami Gardens Elementary School	261
Bunche Park Elementary School	259
Pine Villa Elementary School	256
Myrtle Grove K-8 Center	255
Village Green Elementary School	255
The Seed School of Miami	254
Itech@thomas A. Edison Educational Center	253
Palm Glades Preparatory High School	252
Youth CO-OP Preparatory High School	249
Lake Stevens Elementary School	248
Somerset Academy Bay Middle School	242
Crestview Elementary School	238
Miami Community Charter High School	231
Somerset Academy Kendall	231
Palm Glades Preparatory Academy	226
North Glade Elementary School	220
Golden Glades Elementary School	217
Parkway Elementary School	216
Barbara Hawkins Elementary School	214
Lorah Park Elementary School	212
Frederick R. Douglass Elementary School	205
Mater International Academy	198
Rainbow Park Elementary School	196
Bridgeprep Academy Interamerican Campus	194
Parkview Elementary School	191
Young Men's Preparatory Academy	185
Acceleration Academies Llc Homestead	178
Miami-Dade Online Academy Virtual Instruction Program	171
Poinciana Park Elementary School	170
Mater International Preparatory	169
Robert Russa Moton Elementary School	161
Theodore R. and Thelma A. Gibson Charter School	157
Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School	149
Charter High School of the Americas	145
School for Advanced Studies-Wolfson	137
School for Advanced Studies Homestead	131
School for Advanced Studies North	122
School for Advanced Studies	119
Brightview Preparatory Academy	117
Early Beginnings Academy	110
Mater Academy Virtual Charter School	110
Ruth Owens Kruse Education Center	101
His House	101
Pinecrest North Preparatory High School	101
Miami Macarthur Educational Center	85
Instructional Center System Wide	81
Dr. Marvin Dunn Academy for Community Education.	80
Jann Mann Educational Center	79
Chapman Partnership Early Childhood Center South	78
Neva King Cooper Educational Center	76
Juvenile Justice Center Alt Ed	75
Boystown	68
Teenage Parent Program	58
Chapman Partnership Early Childhood Center N	42
Secondary Student Success Center 801	41
Secondary Student Success Center 803	39
International Studies Virtual Academy	36
Charter High School of the Americas (Florida City Campus)	35
Cope Center North	32
Secondary Student Success Center-804	32
Dorothy M. Wallace Cope Center	32
Title I. Migrant Education Program	31
Secondary Student Success Center 802	28
Phoenix Academy of Excellence North	25
Turner/Guilford/Knight	23
Pace Center for Girls	23
Miami Youth Academy	22
Phoenix Academy of Excellence	20
Amikids Miami-Dade South	16
Amikids Miami-Dade North	14
Nicklaus Children's Hospital	13
Here's Help	0
Citrus Health Sipp/Crisis	0